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Elmo - Innocent Child's Toy, or Sinister Weapon of Destruction?

Since conspiracy is clearly my theme of the week (too much X Files, perhaps?), I think I'll run with this one:

1996:  Tickle me Elmo makes his debut in America - children squeal, retailers rejoice, and shoppers bludgeon each other to nab the final few on shelves.

1996-2006:  Periodic reports of Elmo jackings continue to surface long after the initial feeding frenzy. 

Jan 2006:  Elmo Potty Time asks kids "Who wants to die?"

Feb 2008:  Elmo instructs toddler to "Kill James"

Evil has a name, and it's Elmo? 

Whatever the case, Rosie O'Donnell is CLEARLY in on it.

woot! woot?

Ah, I remember the first time I tried to sell my Senseo client on the idea of Woot,   the deal-a-day etailer that got all the geeks excited back in the day... 

I unfortunately moved off the account before using Woot! to propel Senseo into every kitchen in the Universe ,) but I keep noticing the word cropping up in conversations/status updates from my U.S. friends...

Can someone explain this?  Is Woot! Woot!  the new woo woo! for overenthusiastic Americans?  Is this some sort of geeky calling card for those '"in-the-know," "tech savvy" or otherwise obnoxiously labeled?

Fine by me.  Woot!  Is one of those words that's just fun to say.

Woot! Woot!

multi-crashing

why do I struggle to accept that reading while listening to a podcast makes it difficult to process either?

Courtney is... "sort of speaking her mind. through catchy song phrases."

I try not to like passiveaggressivenotes.com as much as I do...   But it makes me laugh, and reminds me of all the other sneaky little ways we manage to not really say what's on our minds.

Like status updates in social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Jaiku.

 

Most of us probably know someone who falls into a passive aggressive camp:

1. The Job Hater:  "Jane D is...  exploring opportunities" is obvious.   "is quitting"  gets you out of there a lot faster.
2. The Angry Loner:  "John D is...  sharpening his knives." is scary.  just don't.
3. The Desperate for Attention:  "Jane D is...  "feisty / sassy / tarty / frisky - or any other phrase that (when applied on an hourly basis) might bring new meaning to the button "see all."
4. The Pointlessly Obscure:  "John D is...  an armchair in search of a song."  We still don't get it.

And then there's the person who quotes catchy song lyrics that a lobotomy could not erase... and that would be me.  And now I have the Lucky Voice Sing Status, so apologies in advance.

What can I say, at this moment, "Courtney is...  convinced that some days, no one says it better than Dolly - tumblin out of bed and stumblin to the kitchen"